Quantitative Analysis

Quantitative analysis is a dominant scientific approach
to behavior analysis. Quantitative analysis of behavior is the
quantitative form of the experimental analysis of behavior. Quantitative Analysis of
Behavior addresses Behavioral economics and Behavioral momentum. Quantitative analysis of
behavior represents behavioral research using quantitative models of behavior.

The Society for Quantitative Analyses of Behavior
(SQAB) was founded in 1978 by M. L. Commons and J. A. Nevin to present symposia and
publish material which bring a quantitative analysis to bear on the understanding of
behavior. Talks at The Society for Quantitative Analyses of Behavior focus on the
development and use of mathematical formulations to: characterize one or more dimensions
of an obtained data set, derive predictions to be compared with data, and generate novel
data analyses.

The American Society for Quantitative Analysis
The mission of the American Society for Quantitative Analysis ASQA website is to provide
support, resources and information for Quantitative Analysts in a variety of fields.-
asqa.org.

Sociology 593: Quantitative Analysis. Sociology 593 is for first-year
sociology graduate students. The main goal is to learn how to statistically analyze
quantitative data using SPSS.

QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL DATA -
Dartmouth College
The course covers the conceptual and applied aspects of the research process, secondary
data and its limitations, as well as the basic statistics of quantitative analysis. The
course does not require a background in statistical analysis nor more mathematical
background than high school algebra. The primary goal of the course is to enable students
to be critical users of quantitative analytical methods.

Rational
choice theory and quantitative analysis. A comment on Goldthorpe's sociological
alliance. C Edling, Department of Sociology, Stockholm University, Stockholm,
Sweden - European Sociological Review 16:1-8 (2000)
The Quantitative Analysis of Large-Scale Data-Sets and Rational Action Theory: For a
Sociological Alliance. His claim that quantitative data analysis need rational choice
theory is an overstatement, rather, it is argued, rational choice theory might sometimes
be used in explanations of statistical regularities. The claim that rational choice theory
needs quantitative data is rejected for being based on a dubious understanding of rational
choice theory.